Globalization and Media Lecture Notes

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts from the lecture on Globalization and Media, including historical periods, definitions, dimensions, and elements related to globalization.

The Printing Press

A device that allows mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets, and newspapers.

Electronic Media

Broadcast or storage media that take advantage of electronic technology, including television, radio, internet, fax, CD-ROMs, DVD, and other mediums requiring electricity.

Script

A time period when writing is humankind’s principal technology for collecting, manipulating, storing, retrieving, communicating, and disseminating information.

Digital Media

The era when phones and television are digital, and computers are considered the most important media influencing globalization.

Oral Communication

The oldest and most enduring method of human communication that allows cooperation and interaction through language.

The Pre-modern Period

A period marked by the invention of writing and the wheel, which advanced globalization significantly.

The Prehistoric Period

A time when globalization was severely limited due to technologically primitive contacts among hunters and gatherers.

The Early Modern Period

A phase when the European Enlightenment aimed to establish a universal form of morality and law.

The Contemporary Period

A period characterized by the dramatic creation, expansion, and acceleration of worldwide interdependencies.

The Modern Period

A time when improvements in transportation and communication, population growth, and increased migration transformed cultural exchanges.

Political Dimension

Refers to the enlargement and strengthening of political interrelations across the globe.

Ideological Dimension

Often used to legitimize political interests or defend dominant power structures.

Religious Dimension

A personal or institutionalized set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices.

Economic Dimension

Facilitates the movement of goods across countries, making goods and services available to all.

Cultural Dimension

Focuses on the tension between cultural sameness and cultural difference, defining culture broadly.

Food Security

Exists when all people have access to adequate, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs.

Global Outsourcing

The practice of hiring external companies to perform business functions in a different country.

The Global City

An urban center that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system.

Regionalization

Process of creating and strengthening economic, political, and cultural connections within a specific region.

Tariffs

Taxes on imports or exports used to protect local industries by making imported goods more expensive.

United Nations

An international organization that promotes peace, security, and cooperation among countries.

Social Media

Computer-based technologies that enable sharing of ideas and building of virtual networks and communities.

Immigrants

People who move permanently to another country.

Economic Sovereignty

The power of national governments to make their own economic decisions.

Market Integration

Refers to how easily two or more markets can trade with each other.

Globalization

A process where people, ideas, and goods are spread worldwide.

Trade Policy

A policy affecting the number of goods and services a country exports and imports.

International Monetary System

System forming rules and standards for facilitating international trade among nations.

The World Trade Organization

An organization that deals with the global rules of trade between nations.

Export

Refers to the movement of goods and services sold to other countries.

Import

Refers to the movement of goods and services bought from other countries.

Global Corporation

A business that operates in two or more countries, also known as a multinational company.

Technology

One principal driver of globalization.

Internal Migration

People moving from one area to another within one country.

International Migration

Movement of people who cross the borders of one country to another.

Oral Communication

The first time period in the study of globalization and media.

Script

The second time period in the study of globalization and media.

The Printing Press

The third time period in the study of globalization and media.

Electronic Media

The fourth time period in the study of globalization and media.

Digital Media

The fifth time period in the study of globalization and media.

Cultural Factor

One of the four reasons for migration.

Socio-political Factor

One of the four reasons for migration.

Environmental Factor

One of the four reasons for migration.

Economic Factor

One of the four reasons for migration.

Food Access

One of the four dimensions of food security.

Food Use

One of the four dimensions of food security.

Availability

One of the four dimensions of food security.

Stability

One of the four dimensions of food security.

Territory

One of the three basic elements of a State.

People

One of the three basic elements of a State.

Sovereign Power

One of the three basic elements of a State.